Ticket

[NextGenOfc]

No, no ticket for me . I was reading another thread in this section about speeding tickets , I was wondering, if an officer wrote down the wrong speed for some reason, say you were doing 50 in a 35 but he/she wrote 45, what would happen? Is your speed what is written down? Can the officer relaized the mistake and still be able to correct it? I remember a kid telling me a similar story like this in the beginning of the summer and just began to wonder what would happen in this case. (I won't call you names like Fkhan )

Thanks for any replies!

[marcusindc]

It can be amended in court if the defendant wants to try and have the case dropped on the mistake. I once wrote a person for improper u-turn when I should have wrote fail to obey a highway sign... the defendant did research on the code and saw that I wrote it incorrectly. The judge asked me if I wanted to amend it, and I declined, because I figured the guy now knows the code better then I do, so lesson learned.

[DAL]

What happens is that you get a lower fine, because the the fine usually tied to the amount by which you exceed the limit. The offense remains the same.

[Dinosaur32]

And possibly less points on your license....why would you be an idiot and tell the judge the ticket should be dismissed because you were actually going at a faster rate of speed....an admission in court can be used against you

[NextGenOfc]

And possibly less points on your license....why would you be an idiot and tell the judge the ticket should be dismissed because you were actually going at a faster rate of speed....an admission in court can be used against you

yeah that's true and good point, thanks for the responses officers

Anymore are still welcomed

[mikeymedic]

Called cutting you a break. Only difference you cannot read the note's that we put on the back of the ticket.

[TallyDep]

I do it now and again to give someone a break on the fine. I did actually have a woman (who read some silly 'how to get out of a ticket' pamphlet) argue the mistake in court. I had no problem ammending it to reflect the actual speed...which I always note on my copy.

[Presence 1*]

Sometimes I'll write for a lesser speed than the person was actually going, if they have a good attitude when I make contact with them. If I write them at less than 14 mph over the speed limit, they don't get the points on their license.

Not everyone gets this break- but I always note the actual speed they were going on the ticket, just in case they want to argue about it in court. If I am already cutting them a break and they choose to contest it, I have no problem with letting them move it back to the original speed and full fine amount.